From Every Sin

[Paul]

From Every Sin
By Charles Spurgeon

He shall save his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21)

Lord, save me from my sins. By the name of Jesus I am encouraged thus to pray. Save me from my past sins, that the habit of them may not hold me captive. Save me from my constitutional sins, that I may not be the slave of my own weaknesses. Save me from the sins which are continually under my eye that I may not lose my horror of them. Save me from secret sins -- sins unperceived by me from my want of light. Save me from sudden and surprising sins: let me not be carried off my feet by a rush of temptation. Save me, Lord, from every sin. Let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

You alone can do this. I cannot snap my own chains or slay my own enemies. You know temptation, for You were tempted. You know sin, for You bore the weight of it. You know how to comfort me in my hour of conflict; You can save me from sinning and save me when I have sinned. It is promised in Your very name that You will do this, and I pray You let me this day verify the prophecy. Let me not give way to temper, or pride, or despondency, or any form of evil; but save me unto holiness of life, that the name of Jesus may be glorified in me abundantly.

[frisian1970]

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[mikey66]

That actually gives me a little hope!

[Paul]

That's good to hear, mikey66. I'll try to post more like that.

[frisian1970]

That's good to hear, mikey66. I'll try to post more like that.
Please do. Sometimes simple, yet super threads get little attention but have great impacts.

Thanks Paul.

God bless.

:):

[Bondservant]

Many uninstructed believers become discouraged because of their own failures, and Satan takes advantage of these to inject into their minds doubts as to whether they are not deceiving themselves after all in supposing they are Christians. But a knowledge of the truth as to the believer’s two natures will often help here. It is important to understand that sin in the flesh, inherent in the old nature, is not destroyed when one is born again.

On the contrary, that old sin-principle remains in the believer as long as he is in the body. What takes place at new birth is that a new and divine nature is communicated. These two natures are in conflict with each other.
But the Christian who walks in the Spirit will not fulfill the desires of the flesh, even though at times those desires may be manifested. In order to so walk , one must take sides with God against this principle of evil which belongs to the old Adamic nature. God reckons it as executed at the Cross of Christ; for the Lord Jesus died, not only for what we have done but for what we are by nature. Now faith accepts this as true, and the believer can exclaim, “ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life that I now live in the flesh (that is, in the body), I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Gal.2:20)

Carefully consider what is taught here: I , the responsible I, the old man, all that I was as a man in the flesh, including my entire sinful nature~: “ I have been crucified with Christ.” When was that ? It was when Jesus died on Calvary’s tree 2000 years ago. He was there for me. I was there with Him. He was my representative, my substitute. He died the death I deserved to die. Therefore in God’s eyes His death was my death. So I have died with Him. Now I am called upon to make this real in my personal experience. I am to reckon myself as dead indeed unto sin but alive unto God (Romans 6:11). The old nature has no claim upon me. If it asserts itself and endeavors to bring me into bondage, I am to take sides with God against it. He has condemned sin in the flesh. I must condemn it too. Instead of yielding to it, I am to yield myself unto God as one alive from the dead, for I have been crucified in Christ’s crucifixion , but I live anew in His resurrection.
~Henry Ironside~

[happy girl]

I needed to see that, thank you. :):

[frisian1970]

But the Christian who walks in the Spirit will not fulfill the desires of the flesh, even though at times those desires may be manifested.

:confused So a Christian who walks in the Spirit lusts, but doesn't act on the lust?

Christ seems to say they are the same thing, in essence...no?

[carmen]

IMHO, lust is a little different. When you are lusting, you are already thinking sinful thoughts and THAT is also fulfilling desires of the flesh. You have a choice prior to beginning to indulge in those thoughts. It is at that point that you chose to sin by indulging, or follow Christ by saying no and turning your thoughts to something different. Or that's how I think of it, anyway :):